The Keweenaw Mountain Lodge
and Golf Course Complex, which opened on June 23, 1935,
was conceived and constructed during the Great
Depression years of the 1930's. One of hundreds of
public works projects sponsored by the federal
government at that time, unemployed copper miners were
re-employed to clear the land on which the Lodge and its
golf course now reside. The trees that were cut were
used to construct the main lodge and

guest cabins. These hand
hewn log structures have been carefully preserved for
almost 70 years, and are a rare and unique step back in
time. Copper Harbor lies one mile north by car on US41
or at the far end of the walking trails leading from the
Lodge. The newly added conference center adds a
280-person event facility. For more information, please
visit:
www.AtTheLodge.com

The Joseph & Mary
Lizzadro Preserve
is highlighted as a high quality bedrock plant community
in the Michigan Natural Features Inventory Study of
Bedrock Shorelines. The 24-acre parcel features boreal
and mixed hardwood forests, lowland swamp, bedrock
glade, and a bedrock and cobble beach along 643 feet of
undeveloped shoreline on Lake Superior. Several small
islands just off shore are included. The primary goals
of the project are to protect sensitive Lake Superior
shoreline from development, to increase public awareness
of the need to protect such

areas through on-site
education and to provide for noninvasive public access to Keweenaw's
north shore, which is dominated by private ownership.
The Preserve is owned by the Houghton Keweenaw
Conservation District and has a conservation easement
held by the Keweenaw Land Trust. Grant funds were
provided by the Michigan Department of Environmental
Quality.For more information,
please visit:Houghton Keweenaw
Conservation District

Eagle River became the
county seat in 1861 followed by the building of a courthouse in 1866. Even after remodeling in 1925, the
formality of the courthouse, preserved in its original
appearance, attests to the prosperity of the mining era.
The sheriff's residence and jail followed in 1886. Even
today, the sheriff's family lives in a pleasant home
attached to the jail and prisoners enjoy the good food
prepared by the sheriff's wife. Bridges straddling the

Eagle River are favorite
stops to view the vast expanse of Lake Superior on one
side and, on the other side, splendid trees with a
cascading waterfall. The bridge built in 1915 was
converted to pedestrian use when the adjacent timber
bridge opened 1990. Primarily made glue-laminated timber
arches, the new bridge aesthetically blends into the
surrounding environment and was an ideal choice for such
a scenic location.